Pecometh Camp & Retreat Ministries
Legal name: Pecometh United Methodist Camp and Retreat Ministries Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 271572670
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Centreville, MD, USA
- Phone
- 410-205-5191
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Christianity
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,257,257
- Expenses
- $2,559,355
- Assets
- $6,776,646
- Liabilities
- $3,701,739
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- REV DR YVONNE WALLACE-PENN (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- AUGIE LANKFORD (EXECUTIVE DI): $64,604 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Provide sanctuary for Christian hospitality and programming that promotes God-inspired, life-changing experiences through camp and retreat ministries. Pecometh’s mission is to provide sanctuary for Christian hospitality and programming that promotes **God-inspired, life-changing experiences** through camp and retreat ministries. We seek to create opportunities for people to encounter Christ in powerful ways, whether through fun and fellowship, spiritual retreats, or outdoor activities. DESIRED OUTCOMES. Building a strong donor base and financial support from churches Pecometh Camp & Retreat Ministries** continues to be a place of transformation, where every person—whether young or old—can experience God’s love and grace in a peaceful, nature-filled environment. Whether you’re here for a summer camp, spiritual retreat, or outdoor adventure, you are welcome at Pecometh. Pecometh Logo.
What it reported doing in 2025
Operate religious and educational summer camp and year round retreat ministry, outdoor activities, and outdoor educational programs for schools.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 69
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 65
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 70.8%; rating input score 71
- Program expense ratio: 89.9%; rating input score 90
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 21.4%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.65; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.55; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.5%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -1.7% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 70.8% of revenue deployed · 89.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $65K · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.